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Location
Belgrade, Serbia
Toptal Member Since
July 13, 2020
Dusan is a talented designer with a mathematical soul. He loves a good challenge and has created 20+ games and is an Epic MegaGrants recipient. He is proficient in technical-related art, pipeline design, tool programming, project optimization, shader coding, and VFX creation. Dusan has a solid grasp of both the artistic and technical skillsets required to deliver and launch top products and feels right at home with programming and system architecture design.
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Work Experience
CEO, Game Designer, and Technical Artist
2017 - PRESENT
Byte Kinematics
- Delivered many games from initial concept to publishing and maintenance.
- Assisted as an outsource development team for big names in the gaming industry such as Wargaming.
- Adopted new technology quickly and with high proficiency using the industry-leading engine - Unreal Engine.
Technologies: Unreal Engine, Unity, Games, Technical Design, Art, C#, C++, Programming, Design, 3D Rendering, 3D Modeling, 3D Design, UX Design, User Flows
Technical Artist
2017 - 2018
Ubisoft
- Designed and wrote a tool to help streamline the 3ds Max to a game engine pipeline.
- Optimized and up-scaled a plethora of 3D models from the previous version of the game to the new one.
- Found and corrected many pipeline mistakes that resulted in poor Playstation and Xbox performance.
Technologies: Game Engine Programming, Phoenix, MaxScript, 3ds Max, Autodesk, Art, Technical Design, Games, Game Design, Unity, 3D Rendering, 3D Modeling, 3D Design, UX Design, User Flows
Programmer and Technical Artist
2017 - 2017
Mad Head Games
- Designed and implemented many gameplay systems on Pagan Online.
- Developed the 3D asset pipeline for Pagan Online, which included asset creation rules, texture creation rules, engine importing rules, folder organization, and asset referencing.
- Created and implemented most of the shaders and materials on Pagan Online.
Technologies: 3ds Max, Autodesk, Visual Studio, Unreal Engine, Art, Technical Design, Games, Game Design, Unity, 3D Modeling, 3D Design, UX Design, User Flows
Head of Analytics, Game Designer, Technical Artist
2015 - 2017
Eipix Entertainment
- Designed an automated difficulty balancing system for video games that changes difficulty for a particular player at a given point in time using one's previous plays by measuring frustration levels.
- Developed an automated system for data analysis and real-time reporting for game sales and performance.
- Created more than ten games, one of which was Althora-a Samsung Gear VR game that got featured on the Oculus Store.
- Designed and implemented a hyper-casual game creation pipeline, which let us push a game from idea to store listing in less than a month.
Technologies: Microsoft Excel, R, MATLAB, Visual Studio, Unreal Engine, Art, Technical Design, Games, Game Design, Unity, 3D Rendering, 3D Modeling, UX Design, User Flows
Education
2012 - 2013
Master's Degree in Quantitative Finance
Faculty of Economics, University of Belgrade - Belgrade, Serbia
2008 - 2012
Bachelor's Degree in Statistics, Actuarial and Financial Mathematics
Faculty of Mathematics, University of Belgrade - Belgrade, Serbia
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